Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Bhatghar
98.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
23.8 TMC (673 MCM)
Live capacity
23.8 TMC (673 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
18.174°N, 73.870°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bhatghar Dam has a gross capacity of 23.8 TMC (673 MCM); it is currently at 98.8% of gross capacity, holding 23.5 TMC (665 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 23.8 TMC (673 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 23.8 TMC (673 MCM)
- Current storage
- 23.5 TMC (665 MCM)
TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from CWC, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
98.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-0.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
98.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 99.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bhatghar had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.24). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.174°N, 73.870°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bhatghar
As of October 22, 2026, Bhatghar is filled to 98.8% of its gross capacity, holding 23.5 TMC (665 MCM) of a gross 23.8 TMC (673 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bhatghar — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.0% (June 6, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (October 5, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 18.174°N, 73.870°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 23.5 TMC (665 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 23.8 TMC (673 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 18.174°N, 73.870°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 98.8% | 665 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 98.9% | 666 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 673 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 673 |